Suddenly Longer Barrels Don't Give Higher Velocity

[danconnors]

This seems to have just gone into effect this week. Putting a longer barrel on a pipegun, and making it a rifle (with a rifle butt) no longer makes it more powerful. I wonder why. A longer barrel should cause the muzzle velocity to go up, and generally a rifle is more powerful than a pistol of the same caliber. I am playing an unmodded game.

[danconnors]

Gun Nut perk lets you increase damage. I took a pipe gun with a standard reciever and a stub barrel, and a standard handle. I didn't add a stronger reciever; I did add a short barrel (longer barrel) and a rifle butt (made it a rifle). It's damage went from 13 to 18 (more damage). So I guess gun nut perk level 2 increases damage by modding barrel length and handle. I know that rifleman perk levels increase damage also. All my characters routinely get all levels in riflemen and gun nut, and armorer and sneak. I don't continue using pipe guns. As soon as I can, I get an assault rifle and ramp it up to all the damage I can get out of it.

[DouglasGrave]

If you had more perk ranks in Rifleman (which lets you deal more damage with rifles) than Gunslinger (which lets you deal more damage with pistols), you'd see damage increase when you put on a rifle stock because the pipe gun is now a rifle and gets those perk benefits. Gun Nut is allowing you to select whether Gunslinger or Rifleman is being applied.

[bunny de fluff]

you dont choose the guns in this game, the guns choose you(I mean the legendary effects on the guns choose you, depend on your luck)

[ghpstage]

引用自 danconnors：

This seems to have just gone into effect this week. Putting a longer barrel on a pipegun, and making it a rifle (with a rifle butt) no longer makes it more powerful. I wonder why. A longer barrel should cause the muzzle velocity to go up, and generally a rifle is more powerful than a pistol of the same caliber. I am playing an unmodded game.

As mentioned already the barrel length never did any such thing.
Swapping between rifle stocks and pistol grips can, but only if you have more points in either Rifleman or Gunslinger.

引用自 danconnors：

Gun Nut perk lets you increase damage. I took a pipe gun with a standard reciever and a stub barrel, and a standard handle. I didn't add a stronger reciever; I did add a short barrel (longer barrel) and a rifle butt (made it a rifle). It's damage went from 13 to 18 (more damage). So I guess gun nut perk level 2 increases damage by modding barrel length and handle. I know that rifleman perk levels increase damage also. All my characters routinely get all levels in riflemen and gun nut, and armorer and sneak. I don't continue using pipe guns. As soon as I can, I get an assault rifle and ramp it up to all the damage I can get out of it.

Case in point, your own statement tells us that you put points into Rifleman but has no mention of Gunslinger, and that your weapon is stronger with a rifle stock. The barrel has no impact here, its all about the perks.

[danconnors]

If it doesn't, it Should. A longer barrel firing the same cartridge should result in a faster bullet. If Bethesda says it doesn't, then Bethesda is wrong. If you agree with Bethesda, then YOU are wrong.